I agree with Jim, and that's the way I pronounce "the". Thuh car, Thee eagle. However, I read somewhere that it's not always so, and something is changing. Do some people always say "thuh", even before vowel sounds? I

I agree with those who say there could be several definitions. Considering letters. Vowels: A E I O U (so W is not included here) Considering sounds. Vowel sounds: all those in the IPA vowel chart. (so W is not included here either.

how do you pronounce all vowel in English with sounded, because I need this pronunciation for my test of phonetic thank you very much. bye bye

My students always have questions about this pronunciation feature. I know of four patterns that might help you predict where to pronounce 't' as a soft /d/. 1. when a ‘t’ is between vowels when the preceding vowel is stressed in words

t is not pronounced d after an s or a c and in many other situations. A vowel, including r -colored vowels, must precede and a vowel must follow, and the stress must be in the syllable before the t . See How to pronounce a 't' in American

The T will often become a D after an R or between vowels, which are voiced, although not if it comes at the end of the word. Congra d ulations. Petals (on flowers) will sound like pedals (on a bicycle). Mister - the T comes after an unvoiced

As per phonetics theory, I've been told one should use the indefinite article "a" before words beginning with a consonant and "an" before words beginning with a vowel or a diphthong. And the sound "y" ( or / j /

And I'd say Annie and Auntie the same. K, you mean the vowels as the same , right? You wouldn't skip the T in Auntie? (If you want to sound like a New Englander, you may want to say "Aunt" with the "ah" sound in

Do you know which accent is chosen by MW as the reference in the pronunciation keys. Is it General American? No idea. The audio files comes from several different speakers, but I think I've always heard "accentless" pronunciations

How about people who don't know the difference between then and than ? Or there , their , and they're ? Or too and to ? Or its and it's ? Despite being wrong, they all make sense, since they are pronounced the same, except